Liverpool Powerhouse - The 69th Blake Prize

The Blake Prize is a biennial exhibition that highlights local and international contemporary artists who explore ideas of spirituality and religion through contemporary artworks. The 69th Blake Prize will occur in 2026.

The Blake Art Prize has been challenging artists to explore spirituality and religion through their art since 1951, and Liverpool Powerhouse (formerly Casula Powerhouse) has been home to the prize since 2016. Liverpool Powerhouse (formerly Casula Powerhouse) is ideally positioned in Liverpool, a community of people from over 150 different birthplaces, speaking over 140 languages with an equally diverse range of faith backgrounds.

From 2017 Liverpool Powerhouse (formerly Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre) in partnership with WestWords has delivered The Blake Poetry Prize as a biennial event. It continues to engage contemporary poets, both national and international, in conversations concerning faith, spirituality, religion and/or belief. It runs alongside the Blake Art Prize and the major prize is $5000.

The 69^th Blake Art Prize finalists will be selected by a panel of judges renowned for their contribution to the discourse of contemporary art and spirituality in Australia.